Todd picked the Los Angeles Dodgers and ABC's Jake Tapper went with the Philadelphia Phillies. The loser was to adopt the winner's facial hairstyle of choice. Had the Dodgers won, Tapper would be growing a goatee. But following last night's loss, Todd is considering shaving his off.

"It was his suggestion that that be the bet," Todd backpedaled. "I never quite agreed to it."

There is a charitable opt out, Todd explained. He could make a donation to a charity of Tapper's choice and keep his goat.

Todd hasn't been goat-less since 2001, when he concluded a two-to-three-year stretch without the beard.

"The hardest part of this is my children won't recognize me if I walk in the door," he said. "They have never known me without it. My father had a beard, and I never knew him without the beard. I've seen pictures of it, and it has scared me."